2019 Master List Rebecca Caudill Young Readers’ Book Award Illinois Children's Choice Award Pub Interest Author Title Publisher Date Levels Alexander, Kwame Booked Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2014 5-8 Anderson, John David Ms. Bixby’s Last Day Walden Pond 2016 4-6 Black, Holly & Clare, The Iron Trial Scholastic Press 2014 5-8 Cassandra Burg, Ann Unbound Scholastic Press 2016 4-8 Creech, Sharon Moo HarperCollins 2016 4-6 Dumas, Firoozeh It Ain’t So Awful, Falafel Clarion 2016 4-8 Federle, Tim Better Nate Than Ever Simon & Schuster 2013 5-8 Freedman, Russell We Will Not Be Silent Clarion 2016 7-8 Gephart, Donna Lily and Dunkin Delacorte 2016 6-8 Gidwitz, Adam The Inquisitor’s Tale Dutton 2016 5-8 Hashimi, Nadia One Half From the East HarperCollins 2016 5-8 Jacobson, Jennifer Paper Things Candlewick 2015 4-8 Richard King, Amy Sarig Me and Marvin Gardens Arthur A. Levine 2017 4-7 Lamana, Julie Upside Down in the Middle of Chronicle 2014 4-6 Nowhere Lewis, John March, Book 1 Top Shelf 2016 7-8 Reynolds, Jason Ghost Atheneum 2016 4-8 Sheinkin, Steve Undefeated Roaring Brook Press 2016 6-8 Sonnenblick, Jordan Falling Over Sideways Scholastic Press 2016 6-8 Stelson, Caren Sachiko: A Nagasaki Bomb Carolrhoda 2016 5-8 Survivor’s Story Thompson, Lisa The Goldfish Boy Scholastic Press 2017 4-7 Interest levels reflect a title's combination of ability and appeal for young readers as suggested by the RCYRBA Board of Directors. With each annual list, participants should evaluate, purchase and promote only those books which they determine appropriate for their students and the grade levels served. Be reminded, to participate in the program, you need only offer 12 of the titles. February 5, 2018 www.rebeccacaudill.org 2018 Master List Rebecca Caudill Young Readers’ Book Award Illinois Children's Choice Award Pub Interest Author Title Publisher Date Levels Bertman, Jennifer The Book Scavenger Henry Holt 2015 4-7 Brown, Don Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2015 6-8 and New Orleans Chmakova, Svetlana Awkward Yen 2015 5-8 Connor, Leslie All Rise for the Honorable Perry T. Katherine Tegen 2016 4-6 Cook Eagar, Lindsay Hour of the Bees Candlewick 2016 6-8 Ganda, Martin I Will Always Write Back Little, Brown 2015 5-8 Hilton, Marilyn Full Cicada Moon Dial 2015 5-8 Holt, K.A. House Arrest Chronicle 2015 5-8 Jamieson, Victoria Roller Girl Dial 2015 4-8 Lai, Thanhha Listen, Slowly HarperCollins 2015 4-8 Leyson, Leon The Boy on the Wooden Box Atheneum 2013 5-8 Nielsen, Jennifer A. A Night Divided Scholastic 2015 5-8 Pearsall, Shelley The Seventh Most Important Thing Knopf 2015 5-8 Priest, Cherie I Am Princess X Arthur A. Levine 2015 6-8 Sachar, Louis Fuzzy Mud Delacorte 2015 4-7 Schmidt, Gary D. Orbiting Jupiter Clarion 2015 7-8 Smith, Roland Beneath Scholastic 2015 4-8 Stead, Rebecca Goodbye Stranger Wendy Lamb 2015 6-8 Sullivan, Tara The Bitter Side of Sweet Putnam’s Sons 2016 7-8 Tyre, Lisa Lewis Last in a Long Line of Rebels Nancy Paulsen 2015 4-6 Interest levels reflect a title's combination of ability and appeal for young readers as suggested by the RCYRBA Steering Committee. With each annual list participants should evaluate, purchase and promote only those books which they determine appropriate for their students and the grade levels served. Be reminded, to participate in the program, you need only offer 12 of the titles. February 6, 2017 www.rebeccacaudill.org.